Ephedra is a substance that was banned by the FDA in 2004, and is used to promote weight loss and boost energy. The federally funded study was conducted by Dr. Kevin Hall at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One of the doctors working for The Biggest Loser had found her at the time and taken advantage of her vulnerable and confused state to scare her into joining the show by explaining how pressing her obesity issues were – Donahue had gained 1115 pounds after Katrina. “Throughout my season, contestants were rushed to the hospital”.
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‘People would take amphetamines, water pills, diuretics, and throw up in the bathroom, ‘ Suzanne Mendonca, a contestant in the show’s second series, told the paper.
‘They would take their spin bikes into the steam room to work up a sweat.
“I would train every single day and vomit on the set”. “Bob Harper would tell me eat 800 calories.they created eating disorders”.
But only that, according to a report from the NY Post, it was revealed that participants of the show were drugged to hasten their weight-loss progression, much faster than it would under normal dieting and fitness regimen.
Joelle Gwynn, a contestant in 2008, says Harper’s assistant approached her with yellow and black pills and said “Take this drug, it’ll really help you”. “I was like, ‘What the f*** is this?'”
“I read that [NIH] study, and there’s so much more that people don’t know”, she told The Post. People chastise Bill Cosby for allegedly offering meds to women, but it’s acceptable to do to fat people to make them lose weight.
“I felt jittery and hyper”, she says. “Bring Bob Harper [on TV], he’ll refute everything.I have no reason to lie”. It looked like street drugs.
Harper responded to these allegations on Sunday, claiming that they were categorically false and that he’d never encouraged his contestants to participate in such unhealthy behavior.
Australian Biggest Loser Trainer Michelle Bridges was criticised last month for “fat-shaming” after she told ABC’s Australian Story: “I am yet to have met someone who is morbidly obese and happy”. It was then put in the medical area. “I don’t think that everyday folks will experience either this extreme amount of weight loss or this metabolic slowdown that these folks experienced in a quantitative sense, but they will experience it to a smaller degree”.
‘We were told it was optional to use.
The show scarred her with cruel and unusual treatment, both physical and psychological in nature, and after leaving The Biggest Loser she was even more depressed than she had been before, she claimed.
The Biggest Loser contestants had no idea what they were getting into when they signed up.
Huizenga has denied the claims.
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After a controversial study came out claiming to explain why nearly all people featured on NBC’s “Biggest Loser” have regained the weight they lost on the show, a New York Post report revealed testimony from ex-Losers saying the show was a hellish experience and continues to negatively impact their lives years later.
